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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical feature of Vivek's are his parents very worried about in Part II?

2. Who is Maja's husband?

3. Who tells Vivek his grandmother died on the same day he was born?

4. What lie does Osita tell Kavita in Chapter Seven?

5. What does Mary say her church was trying to do for Vivek?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vivek ask of Osita in Part I that is quite unusual and unsettling?

2. Why does Osita start spending much more time at home in Part II?

3. Why are Chika and Kavita sick with grief from the day Vivek is born?

4. In Part II, what kind of problems are Kavita and Chika having with Vivek?

5. Who comes to visit Vivek in Part II and how do these people help him?

6. What does Chika think is a bad omen for Vivek, from the day of Vivek's birth?

7. Who is one of the first women Chika is attracted to and why is this a problem?

8. How does Ahunna get the scar on her foot and what is unique about it?

9. What illness does Osita realize Vivek suffers from in Part I?

10. What are some reasons Osita does not want to be at his own house with his parents?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Kavita's dowry, which Chika's family refused to accept in the traditional manner, come to symbolize in relation to Vivek in later years? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Kavita try to discover the truth about Vivek's death, and do you think she ever receives a version of it that is close enough to the real events to call it the truth? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What seems to account for Vivek's spells or fugue states? How does Emezi explain, or, in contrast, leave ambiguous, the cause or causes of Vivek's health problems? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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